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rewrite

[ree-rahyt, ree-rahyt] / riˈraɪt, ˈriˌraɪt /
VERB
revise
Synonyms


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All of these disclosures didn’t just rewrite Chavez’s legacy, but Huerta’s as well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The state initially refused to ratify the 1922 compact at all, provoking the other states to rewrite the document so it would go into effect with the approval of only six states rather than seven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

To keep them secret, Abramovich's associates and Meritservus decided to rewrite history.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

Both jobs entailed tedious rewrite work that would have fit into Mr. Posner’s capacious definition of plagiarism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

“Quite sure. Be brave and be true, be the best governess you can be, and give the future a chance to rewrite itself accordingly.”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

"The study rewrites the timeline for the koala's genetic history in Australia," says PhD student Toby Kovacs, who led the research.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026

When Euphoria first launched, it quickly became one of the defining shows of its generation, but after a five-year break marked by strikes, rewrites and cast departures, it returned to a noticeably more divided response.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

Some of it was spent gathering input from residents, public health groups, Native American governments and companies — feedback the agency addressed in subsequent rewrites.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

In situations when clients wanted more-substantial rewrites, I could charge a few hundred dollars for an essay.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2026

“But why do I have to be the one who rewrites the future? We were only trying to get your dashiki back. That’s the only reason we’re here in the first place!”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

The company said the model that rewrote its own instructions seemed to have ignored the revision and didn’t behave any differently as a result.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

Congress rewrote the charitable-deduction rules, effective Jan. 1, 2026, with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and every change pushed value away from the deduction and toward your adjusted gross income.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

Quentin Tarantino told Variety he had a production designer track one down for an opening shot of “Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood” at the Chinese Theatre before he rewrote the script.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

But the numbers already racked up by Sinner show how he is undoubtedly tracking Djokovic, Nadal and Federer - who became known as the 'Big Three' as they rewrote the record books.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

Emma rewrote awkward sentences, and if she didn’t understand what he was trying to say, they talked it through so that he could write it in a more lucid fashion.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

A few lines in your letter could be rewritten to reframe your history.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

A judge ruled the legislature’s summary unfair and ordered it rewritten.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Since taking the top job at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has rewritten rules and upended traditions that had for decades steered how the U.S. military buys weapons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Both candidates said there was potential grounds for a legal challenge to the rewritten duties.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

I’ve rewritten my whole History of Magic essay to include some of the things I’ve found out.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

An archaeological site in the Jordan Valley is rewriting the timeline of early human migration.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Others, however, will insist the rewriting of history is the only way of restoring the competition's official record, and rewarding clubs that competed within the rules.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The same caution goes for rewriting the product liability or antitrust laws to let the firms cooperate to define and police the AI frontier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

In a city that had manifested an entire industry out of rewriting stories, I wondered whether the secret was simply to write a new one for myself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

After rewriting it a few dozen times, I tapped the Send button.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline


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